The only way our players will learn to be competitive is to play in the big leagues. No, not play against them and get so beaten down as the only thing they learn is how to minimize the loss. One needs ot play alongside world class talents to learn from them.

The only way you can get BPL to be a world class competition is to attract sufficient number of world class talent AND play them so that the league itself is considered world class. With our dearth of talent, the only way to do make the BPL world class is to play a sufficient number of world class players- I am fine with playing as many as 5 foreign players.

The more branded the BPL becomes, the more top players it will attract. The more top players the BPL attracts, the more our local players will accrue pick up on the skills and experiences. And not juts players - a competitive league will attract top coaches and the benefit of that is obvious.

Well I'm not worried about 4 or 5 foreigners;what annoys me is that the locals are not getting enough opportunities to bat alongside some international players.
But as Dilscoop said it's not a talent hunt tournament or to improve talents, the priority is to do good business and entertain crowds...so gotta bare/beer/bear with it.
eventually it won't do any harm to the young talents but help them to improve.

5 foreigners is fine. What is not fine is that our captains have too much of an inferiority complex when it comes to local players. They reduce Deshi top-order batsmen to lower-order ones and strike bowlers into support/stock bowlers. Come on! Have a little faith in your countrymen.

Originally Posted by Shubho
5 foreigners is fine. What is not fine is that our captains have too much of an inferiority complex when it comes to local players. They reduce Deshi top-order batsmen to lower-order ones and strike bowlers into support/stock bowlers. Come on! Have a little faith in your countrymen.

that bothers me aswell, but I won't blame the captain, the coach is playing the main part here I believe, and there is the pressure from owners.
These owners don't care about local players dvlpmnt but care for the win and money, honestly speaking why would they even care? they are businessman,not selectors or BCB officials.

Originally Posted by Shubho
5 foreigners is fine. What is not fine is that our captains have too much of an inferiority complex when it comes to local players. They reduce Deshi top-order batsmen to lower-order ones and strike bowlers into support/stock bowlers. Come on! Have a little faith in your countrymen.

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Originally Posted by simon
that bothers me aswell, but I won't blame the captain, the coach is playing the main part here I believe, and there is the pressure from owners.
These owners don't care about local players dvlpmnt but care for the win and money, honestly speaking why would they even care? they are businessman,not selectors or BCB officials.